diff --git a/cpanfile b/cpanfile
index d5b7c0a..9591056 100644
--- a/cpanfile
+++ b/cpanfile
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ requires "Net::SSLeay" => "1.49";
 requires "Ref::Util" => "0";
 requires "Safe::Isa" => "0";
 requires "Search::Elasticsearch" => "== 2.03"; # pinned
-requires "Try::Tiny" => "0";
 requires "perl" => "5.010";
 requires "strict" => "0";
 requires "warnings" => "0";
diff --git a/lib/MetaCPAN/Client/Request.pm b/lib/MetaCPAN/Client/Request.pm
index 1fc24a0..e6bb6b1 100644
--- a/lib/MetaCPAN/Client/Request.pm
+++ b/lib/MetaCPAN/Client/Request.pm
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ use Moo;
 use Carp;
 use JSON::MaybeXS qw<decode_json encode_json>;
 use Search::Elasticsearch;
-use Try::Tiny;
 use HTTP::Tiny;
 use Ref::Util qw< is_arrayref is_hashref >;
 
@@ -172,8 +171,12 @@ sub _decode_result {
     $url =~ m|/source/| and return $content;
 
     my $decoded_result;
-    try   { $decoded_result = decode_json $content }
-    catch { croak "Couldn't decode '$content': $_" };
+    eval {
+        $decoded_result = decode_json $content;
+        1;
+    } or do {
+        croak "Couldn't decode '$content': $@";
+    };
 
     return $decoded_result;
 }